Andrew Pelling
Conservative, Croydon Central
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the change in the number of outstanding asylum cases in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate since 1 June.
Liam Byrne
Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality)
holding answer
This small increase of 200 cases reflects the redeployment of staff on to dealing with other higher priority cases such as foreign national prisoners. New caseworkers are being recruited and trained to deal with asylum intake.
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